Hayden’s World: Volume 1 is now available as a hardcover produced by IngramSpark. The edition features a full-color dust jacket over a blue fabric-bound book with gold leaf lettering. I’m very happy with how it turned out.

Amazon has recently added a hardcover option to KDP as well, but unlike IngramSpark’s, Amazon’s books are case-laminate only (the cover art is printed directly on the book without a separate dust jacket). Setting up the book for publication was definitely more difficult in IngramSpark’s interface than Amazon’s, but it wasn’t too hard once I understood the requirements. My interior layout was handled by Vellum, same as all of my ebook and print titles, and Vellum formatted everything perfectly on the first try. The cover artwork required significant work to extend it to cover the inside dust jacket flaps, and the technical requirements were a bit involved (although if you’ve created cover art for Amazon’s KDP paperbacks, it’s not that much different). With IngramSpark, I definitely had some confusion regarding the timing of my physical proofs and the book’s go-live dates, which almost resulted in the book going into distribution before I’d seen the proof, but it all worked out in the end. I hope you enjoy it! I have a certain fondness for dust jackets, and it’s very cool seeing my work in this format.